High Performance of Phenol Adsorption using Iron Based SBA-15 Synthesized by Loading-Microwave Method

Abstract

The iron based mesoporous silica (Fe2O3/SBA-15) was studied for the first time for adsorption of phenol as a model adsorbate compound. The structural and textural properties of the synthesized samples were characterized by means of X-Ray Diffraction, Transmission Electron Microscopy, FTIR and element analysis techniques by Energy Dispersive X-Ray (EDX). The result of XRD analysis showed that mesoporous SBA-15 silica molecular sieves which modified with Fe2O3has a hexagonal structure with a pore size is 4.90 nm and iron contents (25.27%) were found on the surface of the Fe2O3/mesoporous silica SBA-15. While the FTIR analysis showed that Fe2O3/SBA-15 had functional group of assymetric Si-O-Si and Fe-O-Si which was found at 1085 cm-1 and 678 cm-1, respectively. Adsorption performance of Fe2O3/SBA-15 material investigated by phenol compounds as adsorbate model. The optimum contact time is 60 minutes and the Kinetics model of the mesoporous SBA-15 silica molecular sieves modified Fe2O3 can adsorb phenol compounds following the Kinetics Model Ho and McKay. The result optimum adsorption capacity occuring in the adsorption of phenol compounds by of the mesoporous SBA-15 silica molecular sieves modified Fe2O3 is 114.000 mg/g.

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